Miguel Ángel Muñoz

Miguel Ángel Muñoz Blanco (born 4 July 1983) is a Spanish actor and singer.

Career Muñoz began his career as an actor at the age of eleven in the film El Palomo cojo (1995), followed by many television appearances. From 1997 to 1998, he was a regular on the soap opera Al salir de clase, played a recurring character from 2000 to 2002 on the series Compañeros, and dubbed the voice of Sinbad in the Spanish version of the 2003 American animated adventure film Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.

From 2002 to 2004, Muñoz starred as Roberto Arenales on the television series Un Paso Adelante, for which he took dance classes. The series, much like the American show Fame, was set in a performing arts school. It became an international hit and proved to be the breakout role for Muñoz. Muñoz joined several of his castmates to form the band Upa Dance, including: Beatriz Luengo, Pablo Puyol, Monica Cruz, Silvia Marty, Edu Del Prado and Elizabeth Jordan. The group released four albums, from 2002 to 2005, all scoring in the top 5 on the charts in Spain (two at Nº1), with one also reaching Nº1 on the charts in France.

In 2004, Muñoz released the single "Dirás que estoy loco", a song he had performed in the series. The song was ranked Nº1 in Spain for eleven consecutive weeks, selling 180 000 copies. In 2006, Muñoz released his first solo album, M.A.M., which was certified Gold in Italy and Silver in France. The album included "Dirás que estoy loco", which was released as a single across Europe, reaching Nº2 on the charts in Italy and peaking at Nº3 in France. In 2008, Muñoz won a European Border Breakers Award Award for M.A.M..

Along with his success as a recording artist, Muñoz continued acting, performing steadily on television and film, and appearing on stage in El Cartero Neruda in 2006. He also joined the series Mis Adorables Vecinos in 2006. Muñoz appeared in the film The Borgia (2006) and the horror film Intrusos en Manasés (2008). From 2007 to 2008, Muñoz acted in the title role of Úlises in the series El síndrome de Úlises.

In 2010, Muñoz played his first high-profile English-speaking role as Antegua in the miniseries Ben Hur. In 2011, he was Toti Blanco in the series Vida loca. The following year, he joined the third season of Capadocia, playing the character Hector Bolaños.

In late 2014 Muñoz made it to fourth place as a contestant on the fifth season of the series Danse avec les Stars, in France. He finished in fourth place with his partner, Fauve Hautot.

Personal life From 2018 to 2020, Muñoz was in a relationship with Ana Guerra.

Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes 1994 La vida siempre es corta Miguel Albaladejo Short 1995 El Palomo cojo Felipe Jaime de Armiñán 1997 Mamá quiere ser artista Junior Ángel Fernández Montesinos TV series (6 episodes) 1997–98 Al salir de clase Javi Castro Pepa Sánchez Biezma, Toni Sevilla... TV series (77 episodes) 1999 Condenadas a entenderse Lurri Norberto López Amado TV series (1 episode)2000 ¡Ala... Dina! Repartidor de pizzas José Pavón TV series (1 episode) Policías, en el corazón de la calle Raúl César Rodríguez Blanco TV series (1 episode) 2000–02 Compañeros Charlie José Ramón Ayerra, Manuel Ríos San Martín... TV series (16 episodes)2001 Gente pez Chaval buzón Jorge Iglesias Periodistas Policía Antonio Conesa TV series (2 episodes) 2002 Hospital Central Alfonso Trece Javier Pizarro TV series (1 episode) 2002–05 Un Paso Adelante Rober Arenales Jesús del Cerro, Juanma R. Pachón... TV series (84 episodes)TP de Oro - Best Young Talent Actor 2005 Desde que amanece apetece Máquina Antonio del Real 2005–06 Mis adorables vecinos Juan Castillo Gustavo Cotta, Sandra Gallego... TV series (19 episodes)2006 The Borgia Ramón Antonio Hernández Probabilidades Ricardo Bajo Gaviño Short2007 Ekipo Ja Himself Juan Muñoz Aída Julián Jacobo Martos TV series (1 episode) 2007–08 El síndrome de Ulises Ulises Gaytán de Arzuaga Inma Torrente, Álvaro Fernández Armero... TV series (26 episodes)2008 Intrusos en Manasés Ruben Juan Carlos Claver Trío de ases Joseba Vázquez Cazadores de hombres Hugo Vidal Álvaro Fernández Armero TV series (1 episode) 2009–2018 Amar en tiempos revueltos Alonso Núñez de Losada / Julián Maldonado Eduardo Casanova, Joan Noguera... TV series (23 episodes)2010 Lope Tomás de Perrenot Andrucha Waddington No controles Ernesto Borja Cobeaga Tensión sexual no resuelta Nardo Miguel Ángel Lamata Adiós papá, adiós mamá Martín Luis Soravilla Short Ben Hur Antegua Steve Shill TV mini-series La piel azul Germán Gonzalo López-Gallego TV mini-series Gavilanes Ángel E.C. Lletget TV series (1 episode) 2011 Vida loca Toti Blanco Manuel Sanabria, Rodrigo Sorogoyen... TV series (20 episodes)2012 Capadocia Héctor Bolaños Pedro Pablo Ibarra, Javier 'Fox' Patrón... TV series (13 episodes) Infames Joaquín Navarro / José María "Chema" Barajas Moisés Ortiz Urquidi TV series (39 episodes)2013 Viral Frank Lucas Figueroa Al final todos mueren Pablo David Galán Galindo, Roberto Pérez Toledo... Hay dos clases de personas He Eva Moreno & Juan Carlos Vellido Short 2014 ABCs of Death 2 Man Alejandro Brugués 2014–15 Sin identidad Bruno Vergel Kiko Ruiz, Joan Noguera... TV series (23 episodes) 2015 Hablar El Adicto al Porno Joaquín Oristrell 2016 Amar en tiempos revueltos Alonso Núñez de Losada Eduardo Casanova TV series (1 episode) 2017 Proyecto tiempo Hugo Isabel Coixet El ministerio del tiempo Gonzalo Guerrero Koldo Serra TV series (1 episode) Bones of Contention Narrator Andrea Weiss Documentary 2018 Presunto culpable Jon Aristegui Alejandro Bazzano, Menna Fité... TV series (13 episodes) 2019 El crack cero Moro José Luis Garci Post-Production 2020 What About Love Christian Santiago Klaus Menzel Post-Production 2022 Daddy Daughter Trip Santiago Arachavaleta Rob Schneider

Stage credits Title Year Role Production La Cenerentola 1996 Servant Teatro de la Zarzuela Bastien und Bastienne 2003 Bastien Teatro Alcázar Quickly 2003 Miguel Teatro Real de Madrid Il Postino 2005 Pablo Neruda (2005–06) Teatro Real de Madrid and Spanish tour Order of the Empty Tomb 2009 Unknown Colegiata Santa María la Mayor de Antequera

Discography

Studio albums with UPA Dance Year AlbumCharts Certification Sales ESP FRA 2002 UPA Dance 7×Platinum World: 900,000+ ESP: 700,000+ FRA: 200,000+ 2003 UPA Dance Edición Especial ESP: Platinum ESP: 100,000+ 2004 UPA Live ESP: Platinum ESP: 100,000+ 2005 Contigo ESP: Gold ESP: 50,000+

Solo studio albums Year AlbumCharts Certification Sales FRA ITA SUI 2006M.A.M. Released: 4 September 2006 Label: M6 Interactions/Sony BMG Formats: CD, digital download FRA: Silver ITA: Gold World: 250.000+

Solo singles YearSingleChartsAlbum ESP FRA ITA BEL SUI BRA 2006"Dirás que estoy loco" 1 3 2 16 17 — M.A.M. 2006 "Esa morena" — 29 — — — — 2006 "Vivo para tí" — — — — — 2

Master Chef Celebrity In 2016 Muñoz won the first Master Chef Celebrity of Spain. He chose charity Fundación Pequeño Deseo as the recipient of his €75,000 prize.